Question 80
An OSPF network uses reference bandwidth for link-cost derivation. Observed: Newly upgraded 100G and 10G links show identical calculated OSPF costs. What operational check best guards against this problem returning?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This control asks for the same recovery evidence (Derived costs differentiate the circuits and best-path selection follows expectations) and flags recurrence of the same failure (Newly upgraded 100G and 10G links show identical calculated OSPF costs). It targets the underlying issue, the common reference bandwidth is too small to distinguish modern line rates, rather than a different service problem. The exact cadence must be agreed with operations.
Incorrect Answers
It is valid for another service scenario but checks the interface stays in 2-way state although the operator expects a full relationship. This case instead needs a gate for newly upgraded 100g and 10g links show identical calculated ospf costs and evidence that derived costs differentiate the circuits and best-path selection follows expectations.
This gate monitors a different failure, a spoke cannot reach another despite each hub-spoke neighbor being full. It would not detect the current problem: Newly upgraded 100G and 10G links show identical calculated OSPF costs. The appropriate check requires derived costs differentiate the circuits and best-path selection follows expectations.
The proposed control is tied to a database-description mtu mismatch prevents ospf database synchronization, typically observed when the adjacency stays in ExStart after a router replacement with a different interface MTU. Here the target is the common reference bandwidth is too small to distinguish modern line rates; monitor derived costs differentiate the circuits and best-path selection follows expectations.